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Attune Systems Announces In-Depth File System Search and Tiered, Policy-Based Backup for Increased Security of Multi-vendor Environments

Users Can Search Across Multiple Vendors’ Windows-Based File Servers and NAS Devices

Santa Clara, Calif. – November 14, 2007 – Attune Systems, Inc., a provider of enterprise-class file virtualization solutions, today announced the Maestro File Manager™ 2.5 with a new tiered, policy-based backup feature and forensic file system search capabilities across multi-vendor Windows file servers and NAS devices. The file virtualization solution from Attune allows organizations to significantly reduce their backup windows and increase overall data protection while reducing potential litigation risks. By leveraging Maestro’s global namespace to search for files owned by a user in a timely manner, system administrators can then archive them to a low-cost, highly available storage platform.

IT managers do not have to spend countless hours working on how to migrate and archive files. They can now search the live file system or any number of point-in-time copies for files based on multiple criteria such as file owner, size, type, name, as well as storage location or modify and access date. Once discovered, files can be easily copied, deleted, or moved to an archive location within the file system. Files can also be non-disruptively migrated from one storage tier to another, or backed up using various data backup software solutions.

“Maestro’s tiered backup solution will help me reduce my backup windows,” said Zak Khalil, MIS manager at Lessard Group, Inc. “Once I create storage tiers, I can use Maestro and my business policy to intelligently and automatically place files on the most beneficial tier. This is a simple way to accomplish the backup of all files across a multi-server global name space and on differing schedules, based on the importance to the business, and without worrying about the physical file location.”

“The ability to easily search for file owners across file systems will solve a huge problem for me,” said John Greiner, IT manager at Temple Independent School District. “We have dozens of servers in our environment. The student population is changing constantly as are the needs of students and faculty. They need storage capacity on-the-fly. After an end of a semester, I spend countless hours working to understand how I can migrate and archive files. Now that I have the ability to search, migrate, delete, move, and copy files by user across my heterogeneous file system, I can easily automate these tasks.”

“Our file virtualization solution has the added capability to let customers back up only the files located on a specific tier of their file storage infrastructure. For example, tier 1 storage may be backed up each evening, while tier 2 or tier 3 storage may only need to be backed up weekly or monthly, saving time and resources,“ said Alan Kessler, Attune’s president and CEO. “The Attune Maestro File Manager provides the multi-vendor reporting and analysis capabilities our customers need, but we also offer an integrated solution to help our customers manage their data without disrupting their users or requiring expensive upgrades of their server or storage environment.”

About Attune Systems

Attune Systems solutions reduce file management complexity for enterprise, government, and education storage environments while slashing operating costs and increasing scalability. The company’s flagship product, the Maestro File Manager, is a file virtualization appliance that helps IT administrators discover, analyze, manage, and optimize their existing, heterogeneous file storage resources without impacting end users.

File virtualization is the low-risk, high-impact first step towards implementing an effective File Area Network (FAN). Attune’s investors include Alloy Ventures, GF Private Equity Group, LLC, Quicksilver Ventures, Rock Creek Capital, RWI Ventures, Shea Ventures, and Shoreline Venture Management. For more information, please call 877-GO-ATTUNE (877-462-8886) or visit the company’s website at www.attunesystems.com

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